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Category Archives: Movies
Untimely Movie Review: Bullitt
Bullitt, the next film in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, is the perfect palate-cleanser after the fantastic but mystifying 2001: A Space Odyssey. Rather than exploring existential questions of humanity and our place in the universe, Bullitt is quite simply an action-packed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bullitt, Commentary, Jacqueline Bisset, Movies, Reviews, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Untimely Movie Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey
For about 25 minutes, there’s not a single line of dialogue in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yet, Kubrick, using only a phenomenal, classical score (WHOOOO!) and striking, brutal, beautiful, and sometimes alarming visuals produces a remarkably well-told story. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Commentary, HAL9000, Movies, Reviews, Stanley Kubrick, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Untimely Movie Review: Cool Hand Luke
With my renewed, pandemic-commitment to reviewing the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, I moved on to the next film in the collection, Cool Hand Luke. Like Doctor Zhivago and numerous other titles in the set, Cool Hand Luke is based on a book I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Commentary, Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Don Baker, Movies, Paul Newman, Reviews, Strother Martin, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Wayne Rogers
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Untimely Movie Review: Doctor Zhivago
I thought there could be no better time to resume my on-again, off-again relationship with the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection than during a global pandemic. In fairness to me, the reason I hit pause after the most recent few … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Guinness, Commentary, Communism, Julie Christie, Movies, Omar Sharif, Reviews, Rod Steiger, Russia, USSR, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Timely Movie Review: The Rise of Skywalker
*MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD* “The dead speak!” The first line of The Rise of Skywalker‘s opening crawl was an immediate red flag. In Episode IX, the dead don’t just speak. They give speeches. Much as I did with The Last Jedi, I made … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Driver, Commentary, Daisy Ridley, Episode IX, Episode VII, Episode VIII, Finn, JJ Abrams, John Boyega, Kylo Ren, Movies, Nerd Alert, Rey, Rise of Skywalker
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Untimely Movie Review: How the West Was Won
As part of my flagging recommitment to this blog, I’ve dusted off my Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, which I purchased back in early 2014. I fairly regularly provided reviews of the films in that collection, which I’ve gradually watched … Continue reading
Timely Movie Review: Avengers – Endgame
The culmination of a 22-film franchise, Avengers: Endgame represents one of the most ambitious projects in filmmaking history—if not the most ambitious. Providing a thorough synopsis of a complex, multifaceted, three-hour film is both overly cumbersome and unnecessary for a review like this … Continue reading
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Tagged Avengers, Captain America, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Commentary, Endgame, Infinity War, Iron Man, Marvel, MCU, Movies, Reviews, Thor, Timely Movie Reviews, Tony Stark
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Untimely Movie Review: Ben-Hur
There’s a moment, about two hours into Ben-Hur, when Charlton Heston’s title character tells Esther “We stood here before,” to which she replies “a long while ago,” and Heston responds, “Four years ago,” at which point I replied, “Feels longer.” That’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston, Commentary, Movies, Reviews, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Timely Movie Review: The Last Jedi
I’m proud to say that I made it to The Last Jedi spoiler-free. But I did collect one bit of relevant information prior to seeing it. I saw that the Rotten Tomatoes score was a strong 93%, with a robust sample size … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Driver, Commentary, Daisy Ridley, Episode VII, Episode VIII, Finn, JJ Abrams, John Boyega, Kylo Ren, Laura Dern, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, Movies, Nerd Alert, Oscar Isaac, Poe Dameron, Reviews, Rey, Rian Johnson, Rogue One, Snoke, Star Wars
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Untimely Movie Review: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
I was eager to dive into the next film in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, because I hadn’t seen the movie in many years. In fact, my first exposure to it was in a … Continue reading →